Behind every summer is a fall just waiting to happen.

Nobody wants to be alone. Sure, we fill our lives with people, faces that come and go, we love a lot only to lose more in the end, and if we’re smart—really smart—we take our victories where we get them. But beneath our skins, we siren.

Michael Delaney used to be fat. Not puppy-padding fat—bursting-frankfurts-in-a-boiling-pot fat. He remembered gym class and swimming lessons. All of the thin guys who could be divided into one of two groups: those who looked but did not comment and those who looked and commented, with enthusiasm...
Fat kids are like alcoholics; they always have excuses.

I'm waltzing with the wrecking ball
'Cause this ain't my home anymore.

Failure had to change him. When you ask what my role is: From an attorney position, it's having the right systems in place. From a friend perspective, he needed the right temperament.

Mental-health reform is a dramatic change that's been implemented in starts and fits, and it's not where any of us want it to be at the moment.